Multiple garment hanger



y 1, 1952 M. H. SPEAKER E 'i"AL 2,601,926

MULTIPLE GARMENT HANGER Fjiled Nov. 4. 1949 flg- INVENTORS MANNIEI H.SPEAKER SIDNEY NASH :4 7 TUBA/EV Patented July 1, 1952 Mannie H. Speakerand Sidney Nash, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application November 4, 1949, Serial No. 125,594

This invention relates to a new and improved garment hanger and has forits principal object the provision of a garment hanger adapted tosupport a plurality of articles of clothing or the like.

Another object of the invention is to construct the frame of the hangerof a tube of suitable materialdrawn into the desired configuration andhaving the ends thereof detachably secured together. 7

Afurther object of the invention is the provision of one or moreremovable racks detachably secured to said frame.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a swingingrack pivotally secured to the hanger frame.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of the hanger of the invention.

Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the hanger of the invention modified toinclude a swinging rack.

Fig, .3 is a sectional view through the tubing of the frame andillustrates one manner of securing a rack therein.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view through the tubing of the frame andillustrates amodified rack and the means for securing it in the frame.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view through the tubing of the frame andillustrates another modified rack and the means for securing it in theframe.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view of the tubing of the framev and illustratesthe means for securing the modified racks therein.

Fig. '7 is an enlarged sectional view on line 1-1 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the locking plug of the invention.

Fig. 8A is a perspective view of a modified locking plug.

Fig. 8B is a fragmentary sectional view on line 8b8b of Fig. 8.

Fig. 8C is a fragmentary view of the frame tubing of the invention andillustrates the means for cooperating with the locking plug of Fig. 8.

Fig. 8D is an enlarged sectional view on line 8d8d of Fig. 8G with thelocking plug of Fig. 8 in place.

2 Claims. (01. 211-119 s Fig. 9 is an enlarged sectional view on line9--9 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 10 is an enlarged sectional view of the tubing frame on line llll0of Fig. 2.

The hanger, according to the present invention, includes a tube of.suitable material such 7 as aluminum, which is bent into a frame l5,shaped as shown in Fig.1. to provide for a coat or the like beingsupported thereby, andjhaving its two'ends joined together at 16. Atitsupperlend'the' frame [5 haspivoted thereto theusual hook I! by which thehanger is supported in a closet or the. like.

A plurality (in the present instance, three.) of cross racks I8, and 2|,adaptedto have articles of clothing draped thereover, are supportedhori.

tubing I5 is joined is below the lowermost rack It so that the onlyweight acting to pull the ends of the tubing apart is that duetoarticles hung on or draped over the bottom rung of the tubing frame l5.Thus the means utilized to secure said ends together need not be of thestrength that would be required if, for example, the jointj l,5 were'locatedabove the cross bar 2 l.. y

The locking means? for'the joint It comprises a cylindrical block 22(Fig. '8) of suitable light weight material, said block having aplurality of indentations or notches l9 therein (Figs. 8 and 8B). Thenotches I9 may be of any convenient shape, and each cooperates, with oneof a plurality of detent flaps 29 (Figs. 80. and 8D) punched or cut inthefskin of the frame, [5 near its ends and having their free ends bentoutward as shown.

The construction is such that block -22 is inserted into the ends oftubing l5, the flap .29 being tensioned outward by the block 22 untilthe notches l9 come into alignment therewith, -at

which time the fiaps snap into the notches and secure the ends of thetubing together. .The turned out ends of the flaps 29 allow the ends ofthe tubing to be pulled apart if such/should be desired.

In a modified construction the block 22 is provided with aplurality ofbores 23 (Fig. 9) in each of which is located a pair of oppositelydisposed locking fingers 24 connected by a coil spring 25 which tends topush the fingers in opposite directions out of the bore 23. To cooperatewith the rounded outer ends 26 of the fingers 24, the tubing I5 isprovided above and below joint IS with a plurality of annular grooves 21(Fig. '7).

The construction is such that to secure the ends of tube I5 together,the ends thereof are spread apart, the fingers 24 pressed into the bores23, and the block 22 inserted first into one end of the tube and theninto the other. As the block moves into the ends of the tube, therounded ends 26 of the end fingers 24 snap into the grooves 21 proximatethe ends of the tube, but when sufficient pressure is exerted endwise oftheblock, said end fingers snap out of the proximate grooves 27 and moveto and snap into the far grooves 21, bringing the ends of the tubetogether and causing the proximate fingers 24 to snap into saidproximate grooves. Thus the ends of the tube are secured together butcan be pulled apart if such is desired.

According to the invention the cross bars I 3, 29 A and 2| may be of anyof three types, and for convenience of description, the bars will bedescribed as being each of a different type. It will be understood,however, that the bars may all be of the same type or they may includeany combination of different type bars.

The bar I8 (Fig. 3) comprises a length of tubing which is supported, incircular slots in the frame tube I5. The bar is inserted in said slotsby spreading apart the opposite, vertical portions of tube I5 and is ofsuficient length to prevent its removal in any other way than byspreading apart said vertical portions. This bar is therefore consideredas a permanently positioned one.

-The cross bar 29 comprises a light weight rod having near. either end aperipheral groove 28 which by engagement with the reduced portion 30 ofa keyhole slot SI in the vertical portion of tube. I5, secures said barin place. The length of bar 29 is such that one end can be inserted intothe wide portion of one slot 3| sufliciently for the other end thereofto be slipped into the opposing slot M. The groove 28 are then engagedin the reduced portions 30 of the slots 3I. The rod 29, is removed inthe opposite manner to which it is inserted and is considered to be aremovable bar. The bar 2| comprises a tube crimped near either end as at32 (Fig. 5) to cooperate withthe reduced portion 30 of one of a secondpair of slots 3|. Otherwise bar 2| is identical with and is inserted andremoved in the same manner as bar 20.

In amodified form the hanger of the invention is providedwith a swingingrack (Figs. 2 and for slacks and the like. This swinging rack comprisesa rack bar 33 projecting from a collar 34 iournalled. on the. post 22between the two ends of the frame I5, which ends, in this form of theinvention, do not bear one against'the other but The construction is theprecise constructions herein disclosed and the a right is reserved toall changes and modifications coming Within the scope of the inventionas defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. In a garment hanger, a one-piece frame bent from a length of tubinghaving its ends located adjacent one another in vertical axialalignment, a plurality of annular grooves formed Within each of the endsof said tube, a cylindrical locking block inserted into both ends ofsaid tube, said block having a plurality of spaced transverse borestherein matching the spacing of said grooves, and a pair of fingers witha spring between mounted in eachof said bores, said spring projectingeach pair of. fingers into engagement with one of said grooves retainingsaid block in position in the ends of said tubing to connect the same. j

2. In a garment hanger, a one-piece frame bent from a length of tubinhaving its end located adjacent one another in vertical axial alignment,a plurality of annular grooves formed within each of the ends of saidtube, a cylindrical locking block inserted into both ends of said tube,said block having a plurality of spaced transverse bores therein.matching the spacing of said grooves, a pair of fingers with a springbetween mounted in each of said bores, said spring projecting each pairof fingers into engagement with one of said grooves retaining said blockin position in the ends of said tubing to connect the same, said blockholding the ends of. said tubing spaced from one another, a collarrotatively positioned on said block between the adjacent ends of saidtube, and an elongated rack projecting radially from said collar.

- MANNIE. Hi SPEAKER.

SIDNEY NASH.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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